In Aachen, Germany, community gardens with street trees had pollinator abundances matching rural sites, with Tilia trees significantly enhancing pollination services via abundant visits.

Projects like Berlin’s “Stadtbäume für Berlin” boosted pollinator diversity by 30% via 10,000 native street trees, while Melbourne saw rises in bee activity from diverse plantings.

Trees form connectivity corridors, aiding genetic diversity and resilience amid habitat fragmentation.

Gadkari said India’s logistics costs could soon fall below China’s levels, while also announcing an India-Bangladesh waterway from Haldia Port to Dhaka that would cut transport costs by 50%.

Highway construction is complete through Surat, with cabinet approval secured for the next phase;

the route will bypass the western coast through Nashik, Ahilyanagar, Akkalkot, and Kurnool, also connecting Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kanyakumari.

Analysts warn of “rapid overcapacity” risks, while U.S. tariffs of 50% on Indian solar goods threaten exports that are critical to the sector’s long-term sustainability.

The nation is poised to overtake the U.S. as the world’s second-largest solar market in 2026 and targets 500 GW of renewable capacity by 2030, but remains nearly 100% dependent on China for silicon wafers and 90% for solar cells.

The project adds to Adani Green’s massive Khavda Renewable Energy Park, where the company is building the world’s largest renewable installation with a 30 GW target by 2029.

Goldman Sachs projects China’s spare power capacity will reach 400 GW by 2030—triple global data center demand.

While U.S. grid strain intensifies with data centers set to consume 11% of electricity by decade’s end.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Moonshot AI President Zhang Yutong called China’s “infrastructure first” approach a key advantage, while Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned the U.S. may soon produce more chips than it can power.